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"Steve Bowline" -- smells like scam
Thread poster: Lisa Grayson
Lisa Grayson
Lisa Grayson  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 23:24
Spanish to English
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Sep 19, 2011

I received the following e-mail this morning, and it positively reeks of scam. I am posting this to alert others.

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Hello & Good day,
A client of mine is interested in your Translation services.

You will have to translate 1136 Pages Document of roughly 250 words per page within a space of 6-10 months.

Documents to be translated are

1) Agreements,
2) Terms & Conditions of Services,
3) Terms of Reference
4) Pro... See more
I received the following e-mail this morning, and it positively reeks of scam. I am posting this to alert others.

--
Hello & Good day,
A client of mine is interested in your Translation services.

You will have to translate 1136 Pages Document of roughly 250 words per page within a space of 6-10 months.

Documents to be translated are

1) Agreements,
2) Terms & Conditions of Services,
3) Terms of Reference
4) Proposal and Contract Forms

If you are interested in this let me know so we can take things further.

Regards

Steve Bowline.
197 State Route 18 South
East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816
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The return e-mail address is [email protected].

I Googled Steve Bowline. Yes, there is a guy by that name -- listed in the US Dept. of Agriculture database as a guy with a farm in Kansas.

Translators beware!

--Lisa Grayson ▲ Collapse
 
Mariana Moreira
Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 05:24
Member (2004)
English to Portuguese
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Me too Sep 19, 2011

Dear Lisa

I got exactly the same mail and I requested more informations about the company. As soon and if I get a reply I will post it here.

Mariana
 
Helen Shiner
Helen Shiner  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:24
German to English
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pdgky.com Sep 19, 2011

http://www.proz.com/forum/scams/206443-middleman.html
 
Lisa Grayson
Lisa Grayson  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 23:24
Spanish to English
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TOPIC STARTER
Thanks, Helen! Sep 19, 2011

Mariana, it will be interesting to see if you get a reply to your request for more information. I didn't reply at all because I was worried about getting yet more scam spam. Boa sorte!
 
Jeff Whittaker
Jeff Whittaker  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 00:24
Spanish to English
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I seriously doubt that Sep 20, 2011

anyone would commission a $50,000.00+ translation job in this manner. Ask for half ($25,000.00) up front by PayPal or other confirmed payment method and I'll bet you won't get a response.

Secondly, 6-10 months is a reasonable time frame for 284,000 words. Today's client would want it translated by Friday.

[Edited at 2011-09-20 02:05 GMT]
 
Noelia Ruiz Pérez
Noelia Ruiz Pérez  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 06:24
Member (2010)
English to Spanish
LOL Sep 20, 2011

Jeff Whittaker wrote:

Secondly, 6-10 months is a reasonable time frame for 284,000 words. Today's client would want it translated by Friday.

[Edited at 2011-09-20 02:05 GMT]


Love it! So true!
 
Maria Rojas Navarrete
Maria Rojas Navarrete
Italy
Local time: 06:24
Member (2009)
English to Spanish
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Same email Oct 3, 2011

Hi everybody,

I've received the same email 3 weeks ago and because I received it in an old address that I don't use anymore I answered to it about 2 weeks later. Although my late reply Mr Steve answer to me and sent me a sample of the translation, but I had a bad feeling (everything was so weird), so I did a research on Google and there I found you!
Thanks God there's Proz.
Regards,

Lorena Rojas

[Edited at 2011-10-03 12:34 GMT]
 


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